A teenage black boy visits his neighbor Roberto on the weekends. The boy's father does not like their new Mexican neighbors, but the boy's mother enjoys visiting them regularly. Roberto's father works construction and his mother, being undocumented, struggles to find work. This leaves her often staying home with Roberto, who can not yet go to school. Seeing the mother bring food to Roberto's family, the boy's father becomes angry, claiming she is wasting their money on them. The boy's brother, Javi, soon becomes distant after joining local gangs. Roberto tells the boy about his migration from Monterrey to Houston after his father sent for his family. Roberto's mother cries to the boy's mother about her hardships in the country, and the boy's mother continues to reassure her that she will eventually adjust. Roberto and the boy frequently walk around Lockwood, and soon begin a sexual relationship that they keep from their families. He remembers them laughing after Roberto accidentally ejaculated on the only sweater he owned, and that "he wasn't getting another." Soon, the boy's mother pleads with his father for them to financially assist Roberto's family, but he simply offers a "loan", such as allowing them to borrow dishes and their bedroom. The boys continue their sexual relationship, and the boy soon asks Roberto if he thinks his family is being punished for their sexual sins. However, Roberto simply responds that his family does not attend church and would not know about that. Roberto's family abruptly leaves one night. They had packed all their belongings and left without notice. The boy's father comments that they were evicted because they "didn't stay where [they] belonged." Saddened, the boy reminisces on the morning before, when Roberto showed him a trick of folding his hands to make them look like stars.